RESULTS:
Male
1 . Ariel Lindsley
2 . Matt Ryan
3 . Dylan Wolsky
4 . Richie Schley
Female
1 . Sylvie Allen
2 . Brook Baker
3 . Katrina Strand
4 . Leslie Tomlinson
Junior
1 . Mahon Lamont
2 . Max Hatzaner
3 . Dan Thompson
Course Description
Stage 1
Climb from the top of Alpine way up Rick's Roost trail to left on to Rainbow Flank.
Timed race will start just above para gliding launch.
Down to Rainbow flank, turn left up to Billy's Epic. Down Billy's to Rebob finish at base of Flank at Rainbow Trail parking lot.
Stage 2
Westside road South and up Stonebridge Dr. Left at Stone bridge place to the end of the road, through the yellow gate up to the water tower, hang left and up to the flank.
Turn left on the flank. Up the Gnarly steep climb to Cheap Thrills Start.
Down Cheap Thrills, to Beaver Pass road left to Stonebridge Dr and left on pavement, 100 meters and right into Danimal to the end of the trail.
Stage 3
Up the same climb as stage 2, but at Cheap Thrills continue to climb to the bridge.
3 starting point is at the Bridge.
South on the Flank to High Society. Down High Society to Yoda's and left onto Middle Danimal to Stonebridge Dr.
The end!
The bar has been raised and the date chosen for one of the most challenging and thrilling MTB events ever to hit the dirt.
Richie’s Rally, Vertical Challenge will test your skill and technical abilities on 3 of Whistler’s signature trails on the West Side of Alta Lake.
Put together by Richie Schley one of the world’s most respected Free-Riders and Grant Lamont who has helped put Whistler on the map as one of the best riding destinations on the globe, it promises to be something special.
Space will be limited to 150 Riders with the person with best results, over the 3 timed trails declared the winner in 3 Categories Open Men/Women, Masters Men/Women(over 40) and Juniors(under 19).
The profits from this event will go to the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association trail maintenance program along with providing ibuprofen money for these to old trail horses.
Rider’s will be faced with over 7,000 ft of all mountain riding off of the Flank Trail with huge rock faces, lush loamy single-track and some of the best flow on the planet. We almost wanted to call it Flankworx but our friends at WB think that this is a cool idea.
All riders must access the 3 timed trails by climbing up to them so the choice of bikes will be key.
None of the uphill sections will be timed but all riders will have a minimum time to reach the top of each trail for their allotted start time.
The competition promises to be tough with all Richie’s DH and All Mountain bro’s taking on the local strongmen and women.
We expect to see some of the World’s Best to compete as they are here for Crankworx and with this event on the Saturday before the Slopestyle we anticipate tons of fun and spirited competition.
The names of the trails will be kept secret until the week before the event when they will be revealed and shown to the public so as not to give the locals too much of a home field advantage.
The key to this event will be a solid all around riders who has the fitness for the climbs and the courage and skill on the descent.
The wrap up and awards presentation will take place at the Whistler Brewery where we will have the opportunity to try some fresh product and appetizers and view some of the great footage and imagery that will be happening during the day.
